Dulverton in Somerset

Visit Dulverton and the surrounding villages and stay in bed & breakfast accommodation:

Dulverton, Somerset, is the shopping centre and general headquarters for the south-east quarter of Exmoor, and has probably had this kind of importance since the 13th century. A jumble architecturally, it nevertheless has character, superbly situated in a cup of densely wooded steep hillsides near the junction, 2 miles South East, of Exmoor's two main rivers, the Bane and Exe. The River Bane, which flows through it, is particularly beautiful just above the town — a broad rapid banked by tall trees. Both rivers are famous hereabouts for salmon and trout fishing. A massive sycamore some 250 years old (very old for a sycamore) almost obscures the 13th-century church tower, and there is a nice view of the town from beside it. Sadly the church's interior was spoilt in the 19th century.

About l½ miles North East, on the West of the Minehead road, are the ruins of Barlinch Priory.